Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6739 12 Oct 2026, 13:09

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 23:57.675 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:36.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.826
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.191
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.221
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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30.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.390
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.933
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.227
And persistence is disabled 0.089
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:37.037
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.930
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.331
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.085
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 17.834
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.073
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.145
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.176
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
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30.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.096
And the system is very low on memory 4.387
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.266
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.545
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.084
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.396
And I free up some memory 0.474
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.768
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:56.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.853
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.319
And all tps features are active 8.773
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.171
When I disable the first tps feature 2.509
Then all tps features but the first one are active 9.035
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.982
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:8.748
Then all tps features but the first one are active 8.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
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14.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.709
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.076
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.092
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.066
When I disable the first tps feature 2.577
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.067
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.040
When I enable the first tps feature 2.423
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.054
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
13.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.921
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.080
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I disable the first tps feature 2.630
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.941
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
47.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.927
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.703
And I take note of which tps features are available 7.971
When I write some files expected to persist 1.131
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.360
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:40.622
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.148
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 9.390
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.110
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.422
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.974
And I capture all network traffic 0.012
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 11.889
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.396
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.053
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.124
Tags: @product
39.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.962
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.091
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 12.119
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 17.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:56.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.333
When I enable persistence 21.550
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 14.072
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.528
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.450
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.332
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.507
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 22.964
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.129
When I cold reboot the computer 6.007
And the computer reboots Tails 35.283
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.373
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.280
Given I enable persistence 14.575
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.075
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.323
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.531
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
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2:12.066
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.589
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 30.454
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.542
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:7.338
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 20.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product
39.204
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.342
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 13.447
Then persistence is disabled 0.081
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.645
And all notifications have disappeared 8.606
When I delete the persistent partition 2.747
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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1:22.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.382
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.103
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.630
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.944
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
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59.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.089
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.065
When I try to enable persistence 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 14.346
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 8.424
And all notifications have disappeared 8.500
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.283
And all tps features are enabled 8.795
And all tps features but the first one are active 8.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:41.286
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 1:54.881
And I enable persistence 28.930
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 7.974
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.742
And persistence is enabled 8.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
45.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 20.532
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 24.372
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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42.516
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.822
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 9.651
When I enable persistence 15.094
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.042
And persistence is successfully enabled 8.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
29.647
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.448
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.052
When I try to enable persistence 1.302
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.439
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.224
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.314
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.054
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.126
Then persistence is successfully enabled 3.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.965
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.075
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.163
When I try to enable persistence 1.241
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 11.578
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.233
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.046
When I log in to a new session 9.809
And all notifications have disappeared 7.353
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.246
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.141
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.178
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.115
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
42.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.318
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.501
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.336
When I try to enable persistence 1.234
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 2.573
When I log in to a new session 9.045
And all notifications have disappeared 6.991
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.282
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000